#479AE6#479AE6

#479AE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.139 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479AE6
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 33%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -0.92, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 45.73, 268.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.05 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.139 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4317, 30.1609, 79.1708)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#479AE6 #E69347

analogous

#47E6E3 #479AE6 #474BE6

triadic

#479AE6 #E6479A #9AE647

tetradic

#479AE6 #E347E6 #E69347 #4BE647

square

#479AE6 #E347E6 #E69347 #4BE647

split-complementary

#479AE6 #E6474B #E6E347

monochromatic

#155C9D #1D7CD3 #479AE6 #7DB8ED #B3D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#479AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#479AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #479AE6

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479AE6	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.139 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7ee',
    500: '#479ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ae6;
$custom-light: #8bb7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.679,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66922,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479AE6

secondary

#E4C3A5

accent

#9035F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #479AE6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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